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noun
An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: markup languages
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noun
A formula in the metalanguage of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear, which stand for any term or subformula of the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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noun
A monastic habit in the Greek Orthodox Church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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noun
a schematic or preliminary plan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: outline, scheme
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Broader terms: plan, program, programme
noun
an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: scheme
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Broader terms: representation, mental representation, internal representation
History
Unadapted borrowing from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”). Doublet of scheme.
Across languages
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